Coyotes, barking dogs and stalled issues
Updates on programs, policies and people mentioned in past columns:
First, a six-month public education program to address coyote problems is successful, according to a follow-up report prepared for the City Council, and a suggestion to pay trappers to kill intruding coyotes apparently shelved.
A spike in coyote sightings as a result of the Freeway Complex fire did not result in an increase in attacks on pets, and sightings have decreased since the November firestorm, the report noted.
Residents and police reported 57 coyotes in October before the fire, jumping to 134 in November before dropping to 59 in December. The downward drift continued with 66 sightings in January, 35 in February and 18 in March.
The trapper plan would have cost $2,500 per month to patrol one area or $3,500 for two to four areas. Ten attacks on pets were reported to city officials October through March.
Second, council members might revert to a past policy regarding barking dog complaints. A new barking dog ordinance was approved in 2007 in an effort to “focus on expediency, fairness and resolution.”
Council renewed an Orange County Animal Care Services pact in January, but interim City Manager Bill Kelly suggests council rescind the 10-page ordinance and opt out of the barking dog program that cost the city $10,338 the last fiscal year.
About 250 complaints were filed under the ordinance July 2007-March 2009, more than the 100 for 2005 and 2006 under the previous “nuisance abatement” process that doesn’t cost extra.
The council still hasn’t taken action on several key issues—with some languishing on council agendas for months—including Black Gold Golf Club turf repairs, city-owned Old Town property rehabilitation, equestrian facility feasibility study, ethics ordinance and open government regulations and proposals to cut council member pay and expenses.
Third, former Mayor Hank Wedaa is back from Sacramento, where he received the Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for “significant contributions toward improving air quality through…lifetime commitment, perseverance, leadership and innovation….”
Two state Assemblymen representing Yorba Linda have been appointed deputy floor managers for the Assembly GOP caucus. Westside rep Mike Duvall and eastside rep Curt Hagman began duties for the 29 Republicans in the 80-member body June 1.
Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation are distributing information the city-owned Black Gold Golf Club finances and potential rezoning for affordable housing at local Vons and Stater Brothers supermarkets through Sunday.
First, a six-month public education program to address coyote problems is successful, according to a follow-up report prepared for the City Council, and a suggestion to pay trappers to kill intruding coyotes apparently shelved.
A spike in coyote sightings as a result of the Freeway Complex fire did not result in an increase in attacks on pets, and sightings have decreased since the November firestorm, the report noted.
Residents and police reported 57 coyotes in October before the fire, jumping to 134 in November before dropping to 59 in December. The downward drift continued with 66 sightings in January, 35 in February and 18 in March.
The trapper plan would have cost $2,500 per month to patrol one area or $3,500 for two to four areas. Ten attacks on pets were reported to city officials October through March.
Second, council members might revert to a past policy regarding barking dog complaints. A new barking dog ordinance was approved in 2007 in an effort to “focus on expediency, fairness and resolution.”
Council renewed an Orange County Animal Care Services pact in January, but interim City Manager Bill Kelly suggests council rescind the 10-page ordinance and opt out of the barking dog program that cost the city $10,338 the last fiscal year.
About 250 complaints were filed under the ordinance July 2007-March 2009, more than the 100 for 2005 and 2006 under the previous “nuisance abatement” process that doesn’t cost extra.
The council still hasn’t taken action on several key issues—with some languishing on council agendas for months—including Black Gold Golf Club turf repairs, city-owned Old Town property rehabilitation, equestrian facility feasibility study, ethics ordinance and open government regulations and proposals to cut council member pay and expenses.
Third, former Mayor Hank Wedaa is back from Sacramento, where he received the Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for “significant contributions toward improving air quality through…lifetime commitment, perseverance, leadership and innovation….”
Two state Assemblymen representing Yorba Linda have been appointed deputy floor managers for the Assembly GOP caucus. Westside rep Mike Duvall and eastside rep Curt Hagman began duties for the 29 Republicans in the 80-member body June 1.
Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation are distributing information the city-owned Black Gold Golf Club finances and potential rezoning for affordable housing at local Vons and Stater Brothers supermarkets through Sunday.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 AM
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